MSNBC says there’s “serious looting” in Ottawa, but has no further details.

UPDATE: Grahame Young emails:

I’m in a hotel in the heart of downtown Ottawa right now. The laptop battery indicator estimates I have 50 minutes left. There’s been no sign of power being restored, and I have seen no sign of any looting going on in the downtown area (near the Parliament/Rideau Canal area).

I was out for a walk 45 minutes ago and there are a few people here and there enjoying the warm evening.

During rush hour, the citizenry of the city were amazingly adept at self-regulating traffic flow…or at least they were polite, waving each other through intersections, stopping to let pedestrians move about.

Anyway, I’m off to bed. If the power comes up before I fall asleep I’ll drop you a note.

Thanks, Grahame. Nicholas Packwood reports the looting in the east end of Ottawa. I don’t know how far that is from downtown.